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63:3.1 It was almost two years from the night of the twins' departure from [[home]] before their first [[child]] was [[born]]. They [[named]] him ''Sontad''; and Sontad was the first [[creature]] to be born on [[Urantia]] who was wrapped in [[protective]] coverings at the time of [[birth]]. The [[human]] [[race]] had begun, and with this new [[evolution]] there appeared the [[instinct]] properly to care for the increasingly enfeebled infants which would characterize the [[progressive]] [[development]] of [[mind]] of the [[intellectual]] order as [[contrasted]] with the more [[purely]] [[animal]] type. | 63:3.1 It was almost two years from the night of the twins' departure from [[home]] before their first [[child]] was [[born]]. They [[named]] him ''Sontad''; and Sontad was the first [[creature]] to be born on [[Urantia]] who was wrapped in [[protective]] coverings at the time of [[birth]]. The [[human]] [[race]] had begun, and with this new [[evolution]] there appeared the [[instinct]] properly to care for the increasingly enfeebled infants which would characterize the [[progressive]] [[development]] of [[mind]] of the [[intellectual]] order as [[contrasted]] with the more [[purely]] [[animal]] type. | ||
| − | 63:3.2 Andon and Fonta had nineteen [[children]] in all, and they lived to [[enjoy]] the [[association]] of almost half a hundred grandchildren and half a dozen great-grandchildren. The [[family]] was domiciled in four adjoining [ | + | 63:3.2 Andon and Fonta had nineteen [[children]] in all, and they lived to [[enjoy]] the [[association]] of almost half a hundred grandchildren and half a dozen great-grandchildren. The [[family]] was domiciled in four adjoining [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_shelters rock shelters], or semicaves, three of which were [[interconnected]] by hallways which had been excavated in the soft limestone with flint [[tools]] devised by Andon's [[children]]. |
63:3.3 These early ''Andonites'' [[Demonstration|evinced]] a very marked clannish spirit; they [[hunted]] in [[groups]] and never strayed very far from the [[homesite]]. They seemed to [[realize]] that they were an [[isolated]] and [[unique]] [[group]] of living [[beings]] and should therefore avoid becoming separated. This [[feeling]] of [[intimate]] kinship was undoubtedly due to the enhanced [[mind]] [[ministry]] of the [[adjutant spirits]]. | 63:3.3 These early ''Andonites'' [[Demonstration|evinced]] a very marked clannish spirit; they [[hunted]] in [[groups]] and never strayed very far from the [[homesite]]. They seemed to [[realize]] that they were an [[isolated]] and [[unique]] [[group]] of living [[beings]] and should therefore avoid becoming separated. This [[feeling]] of [[intimate]] kinship was undoubtedly due to the enhanced [[mind]] [[ministry]] of the [[adjutant spirits]]. | ||
| − | 63:3.4 ''Andon and Fonta'' [[labored]] incessantly for the [[nurture]] and uplift of the [[clan]]. They lived to the age of forty-two, when both were killed at the time of an [ | + | 63:3.4 ''Andon and Fonta'' [[labored]] incessantly for the [[nurture]] and uplift of the [[clan]]. They lived to the age of forty-two, when both were killed at the time of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake earthquake] by the falling of an overhanging rock. Five of their [[children]] and eleven grandchildren perished with them, and almost a score of their descendants suffered serious injuries. |
63:3.5 Upon the [[death]] of his [[parents]], ''Sontad'', despite a seriously injured foot, immediately [[assumed]] the [[leadership]] of the [[clan]] and was ably assisted by his [[wife]], his eldest [[sister]]. Their first task was to roll up stones to effectively entomb their dead [[parents]], brothers, [[Siblings|sisters]], and [[children]]. Undue significance should not attach to this [[act]] of [[burial]]. Their [[ideas]] of [[survival]] after [[death]] were very vague and indefinite, being largely derived from their [[fantastic]] and variegated [[dream]] life. | 63:3.5 Upon the [[death]] of his [[parents]], ''Sontad'', despite a seriously injured foot, immediately [[assumed]] the [[leadership]] of the [[clan]] and was ably assisted by his [[wife]], his eldest [[sister]]. Their first task was to roll up stones to effectively entomb their dead [[parents]], brothers, [[Siblings|sisters]], and [[children]]. Undue significance should not attach to this [[act]] of [[burial]]. Their [[ideas]] of [[survival]] after [[death]] were very vague and indefinite, being largely derived from their [[fantastic]] and variegated [[dream]] life. | ||
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63:3.6 This family of ''Andon and Fonta'' held together until the twentieth [[generation]], when combined [[food]] [[competition]] and [[social]] [[friction]] brought about the beginning of [[dispersion]]. | 63:3.6 This family of ''Andon and Fonta'' held together until the twentieth [[generation]], when combined [[food]] [[competition]] and [[social]] [[friction]] brought about the beginning of [[dispersion]]. | ||
| − | <center>[ | + | <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63 Go to Paper 63]</center> |
| − | <center>[ | + | <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center> |
[[Category:Paper 63 - The First Human Family]] | [[Category:Paper 63 - The First Human Family]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:37, 12 December 2020
63:3.1 It was almost two years from the night of the twins' departure from home before their first child was born. They named him Sontad; and Sontad was the first creature to be born on Urantia who was wrapped in protective coverings at the time of birth. The human race had begun, and with this new evolution there appeared the instinct properly to care for the increasingly enfeebled infants which would characterize the progressive development of mind of the intellectual order as contrasted with the more purely animal type.
63:3.2 Andon and Fonta had nineteen children in all, and they lived to enjoy the association of almost half a hundred grandchildren and half a dozen great-grandchildren. The family was domiciled in four adjoining rock shelters, or semicaves, three of which were interconnected by hallways which had been excavated in the soft limestone with flint tools devised by Andon's children.
63:3.3 These early Andonites evinced a very marked clannish spirit; they hunted in groups and never strayed very far from the homesite. They seemed to realize that they were an isolated and unique group of living beings and should therefore avoid becoming separated. This feeling of intimate kinship was undoubtedly due to the enhanced mind ministry of the adjutant spirits.
63:3.4 Andon and Fonta labored incessantly for the nurture and uplift of the clan. They lived to the age of forty-two, when both were killed at the time of an earthquake by the falling of an overhanging rock. Five of their children and eleven grandchildren perished with them, and almost a score of their descendants suffered serious injuries.
63:3.5 Upon the death of his parents, Sontad, despite a seriously injured foot, immediately assumed the leadership of the clan and was ably assisted by his wife, his eldest sister. Their first task was to roll up stones to effectively entomb their dead parents, brothers, sisters, and children. Undue significance should not attach to this act of burial. Their ideas of survival after death were very vague and indefinite, being largely derived from their fantastic and variegated dream life.
63:3.6 This family of Andon and Fonta held together until the twentieth generation, when combined food competition and social friction brought about the beginning of dispersion.
